Theme
Mindfulness of breathing, the recollections, and the gathering of the mind.
Chant Traditional · e.g. AN 11.11
Buddhānussati · Dhammānussati · Saṅghānussati
The qualities of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Saṅgha, chanted every morning and evening in the monasteries — and a meditation in its own right.
Sutta Sn 1.8 · Khp 9
Karaṇīyamettā Sutta
The Buddha's verses on loving-kindness: the qualities of one who seeks peace, and a heart without limit toward every being — among the best-loved chants of the Thai monasteries.
Chant AN 5.57
Abhiṇhapaccavekkhaṇa
Five facts to remember every day — ageing, illness, death, separation, and that we inherit our own actions.
Verse Dhp 1–2
Yamakavagga
The Dhammapada's first two verses: everything we do is led by the mind, and what follows depends on the state it's in.
Sutta MN 118
Ānāpānassati Sutta
The Buddha's teaching on mindfulness of breathing in sixteen steps — body, feeling, mind, and insight — the backbone of meditation in the forest tradition.
Talks
dhammatalks.org
Years of evening and morning talks, guided meditations, and lectures by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, to stream or download.
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
Book
forestsangha.org · Forest Sangha
Nearly all of Ajahn Chah's talks that have been translated into English, gathered in a single volume by the monasteries of his lineage and offered for free distribution.
Ajahn Chah
Book
dhammatalks.org
Ajahn Lee's classic guide to breath meditation, with his lessons in concentration, translated from the Thai by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. Read online, or download it free as an ebook.
Ajahn Lee
Retreats
suanmokkh.org · Suan Mokkh
Ajahn Buddhadāsa's Garden of Liberation, online: his books, hundreds of hours of his recorded talks, and the retreats at the International Dharma Hermitage near Chaiya.
Ajahn Buddhadāsa